Master Accountability: The Key to Team Success!

Transform Your Project Management: From Surviving to Thriving with These Key Principles

In this episode, Ed shares vital insights on how to effectively manage projects and teams with empathy and precision.

Through a personal story, he discusses diagnosing the root causes of team issues and offers actionable tips on balancing toughness on problems with gentleness on people.

Key points include coaching individual team members, delivering specific feedback, maintaining confidentiality, fostering accountability, leveraging strengths, calibrating expectations, and creating a sense of urgency without inducing panic.

Perfect for project managers looking to refine their craft and improve team performance, Ed's strategies aim to build trust, enhance communication, and drive success.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to:

✅ Be tough on problems but gentle on people to build stronger teams

✅ Coach individuals while managing performance for long-term success

✅ Use specific, actionable feedback to spark real improvement

✅ Build a supportive network and cultivate accountability

✅ Leverage strengths to maximize potential and foster growth

✅ Create urgency without panic for a highly productive mindset

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction: Are Your Projects Thriving or Surviving?

00:12 A Personal Story: Understanding Team Issues

01:53 Be Tough on Problems, Gentle on People

02:44 Coach the Person, Manage the Performance

03:38 Replace Generalization with Specifics

05:19 Keep Conversations Confidential

06:19 Cultivate Ownership Through Accountability

07:07 Identify and Leverage Strengths

07:57 Regularly Calibrate Expectations

09:17 Create a Sense of Urgency, Not Panic

10:19 Conclusion: Perfecting the Craft of Project Management